My research interests lie in changes in academic work, the social production of academic research, gender and academe, women academics in leadership positions, doctoral student and graduate experiences, university tenure and other evaluative practices.

Academic History

PhD, University of Chicago

MA, University of Chicago

BA, Wayne State University

Teaching Overview

The most recent courses I taught were Women and Higher Education and Studying the Graduate Student Experience. In previous years I taught courses on Women and the Educational System, Qualitative Methods, and Teachers' Work.

2006 - 2010 Disciplining Academics: The Tenure Process in Social Sciences. Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Standard Grant (Principal Investigator).

1999 - 2003 Traditions and Transitions in Teacher Education: The Experiences of Teacher Educators in Ontario, Quebec and Saskatchewan, 1945-2002. Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Standard Grant (Principal Investigator).

1995 - 1998 Making a Difference: Feminization and the Changing Climate of University-based Professional Education. Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada Strategic Grant (Principal Investigator).

1990 - 1991 Students, Supervisors and the Social Science Research Training Process. Economic and Social Research Council (U.K.) (Principal Investigator).

Honours and Awards

2014 Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations, Status of Women Committee, Award of Distinction, for research on women academics and mentorship of graduate students (presented February 2015)

2001 Article award, Canadian Association of Foundations in Education (CAFE), for J. Wyn, S. Acker & E. Richards (2000), Making a difference: Women in management in Australian and Canadian faculties of education. Gender and Education, 12 (4): 435-447.

1998 Research award for mid-career achievement, Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education, presented June 6, 1998

Professional Activities

Reviewer for numerous journals, including Gender and Education, British Journal of Sociology of Education, Higher Education Research & Development, Studies in Higher Education, Innovations in Education and Teaching International, and others. Reviewer of proposals or manuscripts for publishers, including Routledge, UBC Press, McGill-Queen's University Press, and Palgrave-Macmillan. Many conferences attended, including Gender and Education, AERA, International Sociology of Education, Gender, Work and Organization, Academic Identities, Pacific Sociological Association.